Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Swarup Shukla has said Muslims should hand over a mosque close to a temple at the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura to Hindus, referring to it as a “safed bhavan” (white structure).

In provocative remarks on Monday, he said while the court had resolved the Ayodhya issue, the “white structures” in Varanasi and Mathura hurt Hindus.